Phenomenology

Phenomenology may refer to:

  • Phenomenology (architecture), based on the experience of building materials and their sensory properties
  • Phenomenology (archaeology), based upon understanding cultural landscapes from a sensory perspective
  • Phenomenology (particle physics), a branch of particle physics that deals with the application of theory to high-energy experiments
  • Phenomenology (philosophy), a philosophical method and school of philosophy founded by Edmund Husserl (1859 – 1938)
  • Existential phenomenology, in the work of Husserl's student Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) and his followers
  • Phenomenology of Perception, the magnum opus of French phenomenological philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty
  • Phenomenology of religion, concerning the experiential aspect of religion in terms consistent with the orientation of the worshippers
  • The Phenomenology of Spirit, a book by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  • Phenomenology (psychology), used in psychology to refer to subjective experiences or their study
  • Phenomenology (science), used in science to describe a body of knowledge that relates empirical observations of phenomena to each other